Herb Kelleher


Recent Articles about Herb Kelleher

Have Fun, Make Money

An interview with Herb Kelleher, cofounder of Southwest Airlines. Kelleher explains how company parties help produce better customer service and happier empl...  Read more

Captain Marvel

EOY master award. Profile of a profitable airline that inspires uncanny customer employee loyalty.  Read more

Beware the Impossible Guarantee

Guaranteeing only services that can be provided all of the time.  Read more

The Fun Factor

What's really driving the new economy -- and confounding the grand pooh-bahs of the old one -- is that individuals are having a huge impact. And an awful lot...  Read more

Picture This

At Cincinnati-based Kendle International, the company's headquarters feature a special kind of art -- photos of employees. The pictures, which were origin...  Read more

10 Great Ideas for Growing Business Now

Learn from the CEOs, marketers and other folks contributing to the success of many of the nation's fastest-growing companies. They were among the speakers...  Read more

The Strategy of Succession Planning

When Business Week magazine features an article questioning why Herb Kelleher, CEO of the very successful Southwest Airlines, has not designated ...  Read more

That Certain Something: The World's Most Influential Entrepreneurs

We put the question to six experts: Who are the five most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years?  Read more

Chip and Dan Heath: Marketing Made Sticky

The authors of "Made to Stick" talk about how to make your messaging memorable.  Read more

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose , by Roy M. Spen...  Read more

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the May issue.  Read more

Motivating Employees

When you think about it, the success of any facet of your business can almost always be traced back to motivated employees. From produc...  Read more

Avoiding the Tipping Point

Anyone who has ever been with a growing company from its early start-up days to any measure of significant size has undoubtedly experienced the tipping p...  Read more

Book Value: Managing Creativity

Inc. 's reviewer looks at several books on topics related to creativity in your business.  Read more

Revolutionary Roads: Mapping America's Innovation Capitals

30 tales of following where the spirit leads  Read more

How to Fast Forward Your Goals

Is your life going sideways? Former Yahoo executive Tim Sanders shares his personal advice on escaping the rut and how confidence can fast-track your career.  Read more

Silicon Valley Confidential

Reviews of six new business books. Subjects include the early days at Apple Computer, ways to avoid a crisis, and Mom's business advice. Plus: a Xerox scient...  Read more

How to Get Employees to Care as Much as You Do

Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager , explains how Southwest Airlines sold workers on its business mission.  Read more

The Remote Control CEO

Stephen Mcdonnell insists that he stays home four days a week because it's good management--not because it's fun. The performance of his company, Applegate F...  Read more

Funeral Chain Exploits Demise of Tradition

Newcomer Family Mortuary ignored industry taboos by advertising discount funerals on television. Will competition usurp tradition in this high-growth industry?  Read more

Bad Boys of Capitalism

The story of how a start-up is making money for itself and its clients through NASDAQ's Small-Order Execution System.  Read more

Corporate Culture

Here's why both your customers and employees will remain loyal if your company's culture is right.  Read more

Extreme Managing

Jack Hartnett, head of 54 Sonic restaurants, demands that employees follow his orders unquestioningly and assumes responsibility for their personal and profe...  Read more

Games Companies Play

This article examines how various business-people are using game-playing techniques to handle a wide variety of problems  Read more

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ...  Read more